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1. Keep talking; follow up
   "please proceed";
   - continue, go on, carry on
    
2. Move ahead; travel onward in time or space
   "We proceeded towards Washington";
   - go forward, continue
    
3. Follow a procedure or take a course
   "We should proceed farther in this matter";
   - go, move
    
4. Follow a certain course
   "The inauguration proceeded well";
   - go
    
5. Resume or proceed in a certain state, condition, or activity
   "We proceeded to work into the night";
   - continue, go on, go along, keep

Derived forms: proceeded, proceeding, proceeds

Type of: act, come about, fall out, go, go on, hap, happen, locomote, move, occur, pass, pass off, speak, take place, talk, travel

Encyclopedia: Proceed